diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/compat.h b/include/asm-ia64/compat.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_IA64_COMPAT_H
+#define _ASM_IA64_COMPAT_H
+/*
+ * Architecture specific compatibility types
+ */
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define COMPAT_USER_HZ	100
+
+typedef u32		compat_size_t;
+typedef s32		compat_ssize_t;
+typedef s32		compat_time_t;
+typedef s32		compat_clock_t;
+typedef s32		compat_key_t;
+typedef s32		compat_pid_t;
+typedef u16		compat_uid_t;
+typedef u16		compat_gid_t;
+typedef u32		compat_uid32_t;
+typedef u32		compat_gid32_t;
+typedef u16		compat_mode_t;
+typedef u32		compat_ino_t;
+typedef u16		compat_dev_t;
+typedef s32		compat_off_t;
+typedef s64		compat_loff_t;
+typedef u16		compat_nlink_t;
+typedef u16		compat_ipc_pid_t;
+typedef s32		compat_daddr_t;
+typedef u32		compat_caddr_t;
+typedef __kernel_fsid_t	compat_fsid_t;
+
+typedef s32		compat_int_t;
+typedef s32		compat_long_t;
+typedef u32		compat_uint_t;
+typedef u32		compat_ulong_t;
+
+struct compat_timespec {
+	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
+	s32		tv_nsec;
+};
+
+struct compat_timeval {
+	compat_time_t	tv_sec;
+	s32		tv_usec;
+};
+
+struct compat_stat {
+	compat_dev_t	st_dev;
+	u16		__pad1;
+	compat_ino_t	st_ino;
+	compat_mode_t	st_mode;
+	compat_nlink_t	st_nlink;
+	compat_uid_t	st_uid;
+	compat_gid_t	st_gid;
+	compat_dev_t	st_rdev;
+	u16		__pad2;
+	u32		st_size;
+	u32		st_blksize;
+	u32		st_blocks;
+	u32		st_atime;
+	u32		st_atime_nsec;
+	u32		st_mtime;
+	u32		st_mtime_nsec;
+	u32		st_ctime;
+	u32		st_ctime_nsec;
+	u32		__unused4;
+	u32		__unused5;
+};
+
+struct compat_flock {
+	short		l_type;
+	short		l_whence;
+	compat_off_t	l_start;
+	compat_off_t	l_len;
+	compat_pid_t	l_pid;
+};
+
+#define F_GETLK64	12
+#define F_SETLK64	13
+#define F_SETLKW64	14
+
+/*
+ * IA32 uses 4 byte alignment for 64 bit quantities,
+ * so we need to pack this structure.
+ */
+struct compat_flock64 {
+	short		l_type;
+	short		l_whence;
+	compat_loff_t	l_start;
+	compat_loff_t	l_len;
+	compat_pid_t	l_pid;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct compat_statfs {
+	int		f_type;
+	int		f_bsize;
+	int		f_blocks;
+	int		f_bfree;
+	int		f_bavail;
+	int		f_files;
+	int		f_ffree;
+	compat_fsid_t	f_fsid;
+	int		f_namelen;	/* SunOS ignores this field. */
+	int		f_frsize;
+	int		f_spare[5];
+};
+
+#define COMPAT_RLIM_OLD_INFINITY       0x7fffffff
+#define COMPAT_RLIM_INFINITY           0xffffffff
+
+typedef u32		compat_old_sigset_t;	/* at least 32 bits */
+
+#define _COMPAT_NSIG		64
+#define _COMPAT_NSIG_BPW	32
+
+typedef u32		compat_sigset_word;
+
+#define COMPAT_OFF_T_MAX	0x7fffffff
+#define COMPAT_LOFF_T_MAX	0x7fffffffffffffffL
+
+struct compat_ipc64_perm {
+	compat_key_t key;
+	compat_uid32_t uid;
+	compat_gid32_t gid;
+	compat_uid32_t cuid;
+	compat_gid32_t cgid;
+	unsigned short mode;
+	unsigned short __pad1;
+	unsigned short seq;
+	unsigned short __pad2;
+	compat_ulong_t unused1;
+	compat_ulong_t unused2;
+};
+
+struct compat_semid64_ds {
+	struct compat_ipc64_perm sem_perm;
+	compat_time_t  sem_otime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused1;
+	compat_time_t  sem_ctime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused2;
+	compat_ulong_t sem_nsems;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused3;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused4;
+};
+
+struct compat_msqid64_ds {
+	struct compat_ipc64_perm msg_perm;
+	compat_time_t  msg_stime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused1;
+	compat_time_t  msg_rtime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused2;
+	compat_time_t  msg_ctime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused3;
+	compat_ulong_t msg_cbytes;
+	compat_ulong_t msg_qnum;
+	compat_ulong_t msg_qbytes;
+	compat_pid_t   msg_lspid;
+	compat_pid_t   msg_lrpid;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused4;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused5;
+};
+
+struct compat_shmid64_ds {
+	struct compat_ipc64_perm shm_perm;
+	compat_size_t  shm_segsz;
+	compat_time_t  shm_atime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused1;
+	compat_time_t  shm_dtime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused2;
+	compat_time_t  shm_ctime;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused3;
+	compat_pid_t   shm_cpid;
+	compat_pid_t   shm_lpid;
+	compat_ulong_t shm_nattch;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused4;
+	compat_ulong_t __unused5;
+};
+
+/*
+ * A pointer passed in from user mode. This should not be used for syscall parameters,
+ * just declare them as pointers because the syscall entry code will have appropriately
+ * comverted them already.
+ */
+typedef	u32		compat_uptr_t;
+
+static inline void __user *
+compat_ptr (compat_uptr_t uptr)
+{
+	return (void __user *) (unsigned long) uptr;
+}
+
+static __inline__ void __user *
+compat_alloc_user_space (long len)
+{
+	struct pt_regs *regs = ia64_task_regs(current);
+	return (void __user *) (((regs->r12 & 0xffffffff) & -16) - len);
+}
+
+#endif /* _ASM_IA64_COMPAT_H */